Promises and contract law : comparative perspectives /
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| Author / Creator: | Hogg, Martin. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 505 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830281 |
| Summary: | Promises and Contract Law is the first modern work to explore the significance of promise to contract law from a comparative legal perspective. Part I explores the component elements of promise, its role in Greek thought and Roman law, the importance of the moral duty to keep promises and the development of promissory ideas in medieval legal scholarship. Part II considers the modern contract law of a number of legal systems from a promissory perspective. The focus is on the law of England, Germany and three mixed legal systems (Scotland, South Africa and Louisiana), though other legal systems are also mentioned. Major topics subjected to a promissory analysis include formation of contract, third party rights, contractual remedies and the renunciation of contractual rights. Part III analyses the future role which promise might play in contract law, especially within a harmonised European contract law. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 505 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-481) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139101462 1139101463 9780511895050 0511895054 9781139100809 1139100807 9780521193382 0521193389 9781139099455 1107214203 9781107214200 1139098772 9781139098779 1139099450 9781107416970 |